Cigarette-extinguishing ash tray



Patented Aug. 16, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. WILLIAM H. J. HIPPLE, JR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGARETTE-EXTINGUISHING ASH TRAY.

Application filed June 22, 1921; Serial No. 479,594. Renewed July 1, 1927.

This invention relates to an improvement in ash trays or ash receivers for tobacco smokers. I

The object of my invention is to provide such a tray having a commodious ash receiving receptacle, which is adapted to recelve ashes from cigars, cigarettes and pipes; and form a receptacle for holding cigar butts and charged pipes, as well as a choker and holder for cigarettes.

The device comprises a tray havlng a ring removably seated therein which encloses the.

ash receiving receptacle, and which ring is open at the top and bottom so that ashes may readily be deposited in the receptacle,

the side of which is bounded by the inner wall of the ring. The outer wall of the ring is made to conform to the general contour of the wall of the tray. The .ring is provided with a plurality of frusto-conical holes extending through the ring, preferably from the top to the bottom thereof, and which holes are large enough at the top to freely receive the endof a cigarette, while the lower ends are of such a size asto prevent a cigarette being pushed therethrough without breaking or disrupting the cigarette. The bottoms of the ring and tray are shaped to provide an open space between the tray and lower ends of' the cigarette-receiving openings to permit ashes to fall through the openings into the tray. The ring is also preferably of tapered form in cross-sectlon with the" wider portion at the top. Thls tapering of the ring reduces the amount'of material required for making the ring, as well as forms an inclined wall for the ash receptacle which is undercut and which 1s more adapted for retaining ashes, etc. within the receptacle than a straight or upwardly and outwardly extending wall.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists .in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification v Figure 1 is a perspective of the ash tray constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I am cognizant.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary diametrical sect-ion showing a portion of the tray.

Figure 3 is a detail diametrical section illustrating a portion of a modified removable annulus.

Figure 4 is an inverted plan view of the said modified removable annulus.

ornamental in appearance.

thereof. The body 1, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, is of hard wood, and is susceptible of being made finished and On the body I prefer to employ at substantially opposite points metallic rests 5 on which may be laid lighted cigars during intervals in the smoking thereof. I also prefer to employ on the body 1 a metallic clip 5 to receive and hold a box of safety matches. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the employment of the said rests 5 and clip 5 inasmuch as they are not of the essence of my invention. The tra 3 is preferably, though not necessarily, o glass, and is provided in its inner corner with an annular and preferably integral ledge 6. Preferably, though not necessarily, the annulus 4.- is of metal, brass for instance, and it is designed to rest within the outer portion of the tray 3 and on the-said ledge 6 so that its underside will be spaced as indicated by. 7 from the bottom of the tray.

The annulus 4 is relatively thick in about the proportion illustrated and is provided at intervals in its length with upright sockets 8 which are tapered downwardly as shown. The sockets or holes 8 are large enough at the top to freely receive the end of a cigaor other article. As the holes are tapered and of the size above mentioned, the lighted end of a cigarette can readily be choked therein and extinguished by pressing the lightedend in one of the openings.

. These openings'are also adapted to receive the lighted ends of cigarettes without extinguishing them by dropping the lighted end therein, and as the holes are substantially vertical, cigarettes can readily be inserted and removed when the smoker desires to resume smoking. By so positioning the holes, the mouth end of the clgarettes is always supported clear of the tray and ashes in the tray.

The space between the tray and bottom of the ring affords space for the reception of ashes falling from cigarettes inserted in the openings 8. As the ring is removable, the cigarette butts pressed into holes 8 can readily be pushed back through the said holes by means of a match stick, when stuck therein. This removability also permits the ready cleansing of the tray and ring so they may be kept in a sanitary condition. This separability of ring and tray also permits forming an undercut wall for the ash receptacle, which is more adaptable for retaining ashes than an outwardly flaring wall.

IVhen desired the periphery of the annulus may be made convex as indicated by 9 in Figures 3 and 4: in which figures the annulus is designated 4 and is adapted to be used in a tray corresponding to the tray 3 but characterized by a side wall with an inner concave surface conformably to the convexity 9.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, 1s: v

1. An ash receiving tray of dish form, a ring open at the top and bottom seated therein, the thickness of the ring between the inner-and outer faces thereof at the top at least being of greater thickness than the diameter of a cigarette, theJi-n-ner face of the ring forming one wall of an ashreceptacle, said ring having a plurality of tapered openings extending through the ring from the top, said openings being of a size at the top to freely receive a cigarette, while the other ends are small enough to prevent the passage of a cigarette.

2. An ash receiving tray of dish form, a ring open at the top and bottom seated therein, the thickness of the ring between the'inner and outer faces thereof at the top at least being of greater thickness than the diameter of a cigarette, said ring having a plurality of tapered openings extending through the ring from the top, said openings being of asize at the top to freely receive a cigarette, While the other ends are small enough to prevent the passage of a cigarette.

3. An ash receiving tray of dish form, a ring open at the top and bottom seated therein adjacent the ClI'CUIllfGl'GIlCG thereof, the inner face of the ring forming one wall of an ash receptacle, said ring having a plurality of tapered openings extending substantially vertically therethrough from top to bottom between the inner and outer walls of the ring, said openings being of a size at the top to freely receive a cigarette, while the other ends are small enough to prevent the passage of a cigarette, there being a space between the tray and the bottom of the ring to receive ashes falling through the cigarette receiving openings.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

\ WILLIAM H; J. HIPPLE, JR. 

